DMV supervisor accused in bribery scheme

San Diego  A former supervisor for the California Department of Motor Vehicles offices in El Cajon and Rancho San Diego was charged Monday in a federal criminal complaint with participating in a bribery conspiracy that resulted in applicants fraudulently obtaining driver’s licenses.

The bribes ranged from $75 to $600 for regular licenses and up to $3,000 for commercial licenses, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy said in a statement. The bribes totaled more than $100,000.

The supervisor, Jesse Mario Bryan, 36, was arrested Monday by FBI agents and DMV investigators, authorities said. He is one of nine defendants named in the complaint. Also arrested Monday was Alexander Gonzalez, 43, who is accused of recruiting applicants for the fraudulent licenses.

The fraud involved both written tests and driving tests for regular and commercial driver’s licenses.

In a related case last year, the U.S. Attorneys Office indicted 21 defendants on conspiracy to commit bribery in the scheme, including five employees at the DMV offices in El Cajon and Rancho San Diego.

Bryan supervised employees at those two offices from December 2010 to April 2012, federal officials said.